Friday, January 28, 2011

"Live Boz" : THE WEEKEND MIX



This live performance from Virgin Records' record release party to celebrate Boz Scaggs' 1997 "Come On Home" CD is a killer. Boz has maintained his cool from day one. The man even pulled off two very listenable standards records. (Are you hearing me, Rod? Cyndi? ROD?)

"Silk Degrees" was the one for some. His self-titled debut for Atlantic was the one for others. ("Loan Me A Dime" anyone?) But 1994's "Some Change" might be his overlooked masterpiece. A few tunes from that record are represented here, as well as some of the R&B covers that comprised "Come On Home," another excellent LP.

TRACKLIST

It All Went Down The Drain
Lowdown
Your Good Thing (Is About To End)
Breakdown Dead Ahead
T-Bone Shuffle
Loan Me A Dime
You Got My Letter
Fly Like A Bird
Sierra
Follow That Man

BONUS TRACKS
The last few tunes were tacked onto the CD, which unfortunately has no further info.  They are worth listening to, so no worries.

Lowdown (Acoustic)
Some Change (Acoustic)
Loan Me A Dime (1967 Demo Take 1)
Loan Me A Dime (1967 Demo Take 2)

Enjoy please.

ZIP

9 comments:

Troy said...

This looks terrific. Thank you for posting it. I love the 'Some Change' album.

Sammy said...

sal...haven't listened to this yet but there was a period of several months, shortly after the atlantic lp was released, when i needed to hear "loan me a dime" on a daily basis...i can't wait to hear another version of this classic recording!

soundsource said...

I agree but I also really love My Time, another overlooked Boz LP. Thanks as always for the great post

FRANCIE said...

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HOOKED ON "BOZ", SINCE THE FIRST TIMEI SAW HIM AT THE "PHILLY SPECTRUM". SEEMED LIKE HALF THE PLACE CAME DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IT WAS LIKE A "DISCO". DANCED THE WHOLE NIGHT AND COULDN'T HEAR AFTER THE SHOW! STILL SO LOVE TO DANCE TO HIS SONGS

@whut said...

Moments.
We need a regular "Live from Boz's Winery" webcast.

artlazarus said...

Sal, thanks for this great post. The music quality is A+. Can you provide the date and location of the concert? Thanks.

Sal Nunziato said...

Artlazarus,
I know it's 1997. I think it was an industry gig at EMI studios, but I can't be sure. Sorry I don't have more info.

Anonymous said...

a friend just linked me to this - it's brilliant, thanks
chalky

Martin van Lieshout said...

I'm from THE Netherlands and a true Boz Scaggs fan.I'm looking for This Some changes cd since a few years.If somebody could help me findind THE album or If somebody got it for sale I would be very grateful.